American ISIS Fighter Reportedly Detained by Kurdish Forces in Iraq1:51

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The Kurds announced his surrender earlier this week, and his uncle confirmed it was his nephew in footage that was released.

The uncle, Kamal Khweis, told NBC News that he was glad to see his nephew renounce ISIS in the interview.

"He is not with those bad people," he said.

It is unclear if Khweis will be returned to the U.S. or prosecuted. His uncle said he is anxious to have him back on American soil, and in the interview, Khweis sounded relieved to have Mosul in the rearview mirror.

"My message to the American people is the life in Mosul, it's really, really bad. The people [who] were controlling Mosul don't represent the religion," he said.

"Daesh, ISIS, ISIL, they don''t represent the religion," he said — using three interchangeable names for the terror group.